Johann Ludwig Kisling

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Portrait of the Baden Grand Duke Karl Friedrich , 1803
Friderika Juliana Vigelius, sister of the Mannheim historian Christoph Jakob Kremer ; signed painting in the city ​​museum Grünstadt

Johann Ludwig Kisling (born June 16, 1746 in Durlach ; † February 24, 1815 , ibid) was a portrait court painter from Baden .

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He was the son of the famous Baden portrait court painter Philipp Heinrich Kisling (1713–1767), learned a. a. with his father and followed him as a talented portraitist. Residing in his birthplace Karlsruhe-Durlach, he mainly painted members of the Baden ruling family and their surroundings. In the early 19th century, Johann Ludwig Kisling also ran a drawing school there. His wife was called Karolina and they had at least 6 children together.

When the inventor Karl von Drais wanted to apply for his patent in 1813 for a four-wheeled "horse- less carriage" powered by a rear treadmill , it was officially said that the painter Kisling from Durlach had already constructed a similar machine 25-30 years ago, and thus from Durlach went to Karlsruhe . Written documents about this could no longer be found even then. The first house numbers in Durlach were introduced in 1793. The council decided to have them made by the painter Kisling based on his model and paid him four cruisers for each number painted. As early as 1791 the new clock face was painted by him at the town hall.

Web links

Commons : Johann Ludwig Kisling  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Reiss-Museum Mannheim, art and city history collections: Anton Karcher, 1760-1842: graphic works by a Mannheim copper engraver: exhibition from December 12, 1990 to March 17, 1991 , Mannheim, 1990, p. 135; Detail scan
  2. ↑ Yearbook of the State Art Collections in Baden-Württemberg , Volume 44, Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2007, p. 51; Detail scan
  3. ↑ Vaterländische Blätter for the Austrian Imperial State , year 1808, p. 428; Digital scan
  4. ^ Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine , Volume 95, p. 488, 1943; Detail scan
  5. ^ Michael Rauck: Karl Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn: Inventor and Entrepreneur (1785-1851) , Steiner Verlag, 1983, ISBN 3515039392 , p. 138; Detail scan
  6. ^ Ernst Schneider: Durlacher Volksleben 1500-1800: Folklore from archival sources, at the same time a contribution to the history of the former city of Durlach , Verlag Braun, 1980, p. 25 u. 202, ISBN 3765004006 ; Detail scan
personal data
SURNAME Kisling, Johann Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Baden court painter, portraitist
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1746
PLACE OF BIRTH Durlach
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1815
Place of death Durlach